Four decades. Three countries. One family.
Candy Jazz has been teaching dance since 1980, first in Venezuela, then in Spain, and in Davie since 2016. The people who started it are still on the floor.
"For more than four decades of artistic and pedagogic labor in Venezuela and in Spain, Candy Jazz has been conceived as a place where children, teenagers and adults have the opportunity to learn, have fun and prepare themselves for the art of dancing."
That sentence has been on the school's wall in one language or another since the eighties. It still describes what happens here on a Tuesday afternoon.
The school told its own story in four parts.
Filmed by Candy Jazz. Tap to play; nothing loads from YouTube until you do.
From Caraballeda to Davie.
- 1980Los Corales, Caraballeda, Venezuela
Candy Machado and Pedro Guerra found the school. Both had danced professionally with Ballet Jazz de Caracas and RCTV; both are still teaching today.
- 2009Caracas, Venezuela
Centro Integral Candy Jazz opens under Maria Mercedes Barbella, broadening the school from a dance studio into a full training centre.
- SinceTenerife, Spain
A sister school carries the same method and repertoire to the Canary Islands.
- 2016Davie, Florida
The Florida academy opens on West State Road 84 and produces its first annual show the same year.
- 2025Miramar Cultural Center
"MEMORIES - A 10-Year Journey" marks a decade in Davie, on a real stage, with every level in the school on it.
Come and stand in the room.
One address in Davie, on West State Road 84. Sprung floors, full mirrors, natural light and somewhere for parents to wait.
The Davie studio
Visit before you commit
Come and watch a class, see the floor and meet whoever would be teaching your dancer. No appointment needed, though a call ahead means someone will be free to show you around.
(954) 696-0763Get directionsThis section is built and ready. We need the following from the studio before launch:
- Wide shots of each room, empty and lit
- The waiting area and reception
- Changing rooms and parent seating
- Confirmed studio opening hours
Seven instructors, one method.
Trained at Steps on Broadway, Broadway Dance Center, New World School of the Arts and the Bolshoi. Between them they have been teaching for about a century.
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Forty years is a long time to get it wrong.
Come and see whether we are right for your family. The first class is free and there is nothing to pay or sign.
(954) 696-076311870 W State Road 84, Suite C15, Davie, FL 33325Get directions
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How the free class works
Three steps, none of them online.
- Find a time that suitsThe timetable runs Monday to Friday, ages 3 through adult.
- Call or WhatsApp usTell us your child's age and we will point you at the right class.
- Come in and danceThat first class is free. No sign-up, no card, no commitment.
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